Problem
A UPS is sized for the monitor and workstation but not the NAS, so a short outage keeps the edit machine alive while the media server abruptly shuts down.
Solution
Root Cause / Diagnostic:
Power protection infrastructure was designed without treating shared network storage as a critical production node. When utility power fails, the workstation remains powered by the UPS, but the unbuffered NAS immediately loses power, crashing RAID write caches and corrupting active network project databases.
Actionable Fix:
1. Dedicated NAS UPS Integration: Deploy a dedicated 1000VA+ line-interactive UPS for the NAS and core network switch infrastructure.
2. Network UPS Signaling (NUT / SNMP): Configure Network UPS Tools (NUT) or standard USB UPS daemon on the NAS so that low-battery states trigger automated volume dismounting and clean RAID shutdown.
3. End-to-End Outage Simulation: Simulate a main circuit breaker trip to verify that both the editing workstation and NAS remain powered simultaneously during editing playback.
Pro Tip:
Putting your editing PC on a battery backup without protecting your NAS is useless; an abrupt NAS shutdown during editing will crash your RAID array and corrupt the shared project database.
Power protection infrastructure was designed without treating shared network storage as a critical production node. When utility power fails, the workstation remains powered by the UPS, but the unbuffered NAS immediately loses power, crashing RAID write caches and corrupting active network project databases.
Actionable Fix:
1. Dedicated NAS UPS Integration: Deploy a dedicated 1000VA+ line-interactive UPS for the NAS and core network switch infrastructure.
2. Network UPS Signaling (NUT / SNMP): Configure Network UPS Tools (NUT) or standard USB UPS daemon on the NAS so that low-battery states trigger automated volume dismounting and clean RAID shutdown.
3. End-to-End Outage Simulation: Simulate a main circuit breaker trip to verify that both the editing workstation and NAS remain powered simultaneously during editing playback.
Pro Tip:
Putting your editing PC on a battery backup without protecting your NAS is useless; an abrupt NAS shutdown during editing will crash your RAID array and corrupt the shared project database.